Alieu Badara Njie
Diplomat and vice-president
1904–1982Alieu Badara Njie was a civil servant, parliamentarian and senior member of the independence generation. He held several cabinet portfolios and served as The Gambia’s representative in Dakar at independence. His later appointment as vice-president reflected a public career that ran from colonial administration into the institutions of the First Republic.
01Served in external affairs at independence in 1965.
02Held the vice-presidency from 1977 to 1981.
Photo: Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding photo archive, card 0796 (1975) · Image rights retained by source. Cropped or framed for display. AI-assisted resolution enhancement. View original photograph. Alieu Badara N’jie arriving in Peking, January 1975; cropped from SACU archive card 0796.